Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance

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Title:     Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance
Author: Alan Seeger [More Titles by Seeger]

Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance
Came to its precious and most perfect flower,
Whether you tourneyed with victorious lance
Or brought sweet roundelays to Stella's bower,
I give myself some credit for the way
I have kept clean of what enslaves and lowers,
Shunned the ideals of our present day
And studied those that were esteemed in yours;
For, turning from the mob that buys Success
By sacrificing all Life's better part,
Down the free roads of human happiness
I frolicked, poor of purse but light of heart,
And lived in strict devotion all along
To my three idols--Love and Arms and Song.

[The end]
Alan Seeger's poem: Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance [sonnet]

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